Taylor Frankie Paul’s Bachelorette Contestant Sends Jessi Draper Message

One man is hoping everything might still come up roses.

Though Taylor Frankie Paul’s Bachelorette journey was canceled, one of her suitors on the shelved season 22, Brandon Perce, decided to shoot his shot with her newly-single Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ costar Jessi Draper.

“This message is for Jessi, from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” he began his March 31 Instagram post. “Now that you’re single, I have a friend who is interested. He’s a dad, he’s got tattoos, likes to work out. He has a job, doesn’t like to golf. He’s got history with one of your friends.”

All characteristics, it turns out, that happen to describe Brandon himself. 

Asking Instagram users to “do what you do” in order to get his message in front of Jessi—whose estranged husband Jordan Ngatikaura filed for divorce in March—Brandon added, “Let’s make it happen,” later tagging the reality star in the caption of his post and writing, “Asking for a friend…”

And social media did indeed do its thing, with Jessi soon chiming in in the comments section with a simple, “Hi,” to which Brandon replied, “Oh hey there, I think my friend sent you a DM.”